Chapter 352: Chapter 153: Spiritual Spring Upgrade, Spirit Vein Advancement, and the Eagle Demon Attack (7,000 Words) (Part 3)

The same entry-level Mountain Ghost, under his control, could almost crush the Evil-faced Ghost, often suppressing and crushing the Evil-faced Ghost within a very short time.

"The relationship between the Mountain Ghost and the Evil-faced Ghost is similar to that between loose cultivators without roots and sect cultivators.

Even though their realms are the same, their combat capabilities often differ vastly."

Zhou Changwang sighed, continuously drawing Mountain Ghost Talismans and upgrading their spirit talisman grades.

One, two, three...

Mountain Ghost Talisman +1

Mountain Ghost Talisman +2

Mountain Ghost Talisman +1

...

Like this.

Time passed.

Soon, it was time for the third black market to open.

This time, Zhou Changwang made big purchases of demon pills, just like last time.

Of course, he still stood at his stall selling various spirit talismans.

Perhaps due to the talismans he had sold twice before, he had cultivated many repeat customers, and many cultivators had also heard about Ascendant Feng Hua, the talisman maker whose spirit talismans were unique and powerful.

Thus, this time, the speed at which he sold spirit talismans increased significantly.

In less than an hour, he sold all the spirit talismans completely.

Zhou Changwang gave everything to Steward Du Ping at the mission hall, as they had established a certain level of trust from their previous transaction.

The black market values rules greatly.

Hence, he wasn’t afraid that the other party would run off with his Spirit Stones for real.

Afterwards, the black market guards would come into play and deliver all his Spirit Stones and treasures to him.

Then he himself stayed at the auction and watched as each auction item went up for bidding.

If he was interested, he would place a bid, but if the price exceeded a certain limit, he would decisively stop.

In the short term, he only wanted to plant the Star Source Spirit Fruit Tree.

As for the others,

He was not in a hurry.

When leaving the marketplace,

He didn’t have many Spirit Stones left on him, only a little over five thousand lower-grade spirit stones.

However, in comparison, he had acquired a bunch of demon pills.

Among them were five Second Grade Initial Tier demon pills, forty-eight First Grade High Tier demon pills, thirty-nine First Grade Middle Tier demon pills, and thirty-three First Grade Low Tier demon pills.

The quantity was much higher than before.

Of course, the Spirit Stones cost more as well.

Almost all the Spirit Stones he earned from making talismans were invested in it, and even that was not enough.

Indeed.

The Spirit Stones he earned from talisman making amounted to only fifty thousand lower-grade spirit stones, plus the eight thousand or so he originally had, totaling less than sixty thousand.

Yet this batch of demon pills required more than seventy thousand lower-grade spirit stones.

The reason he could cover the cost was because someone directly approached him to order custom spirit talismans and provided a deposit.

Ten High-Tier First Grade Sealing Thunder Talismans, one hundred finished Mao Jiang Talismans, one hundred finished Evil-faced Ghost Talismans.

As for Mountain Ghost Talismans, because this time was only the initial sale and he only offered High-Grade Talismans level of spirit talismans, the other party only ordered fifty High-Grade Talismans level Mountain Ghost Talismans.

The total value exceeded thirty thousand lower-grade spirit stones.

The other party provided a deposit of ten thousand lower-grade spirit stones, allowing him to acquire so many demon pills.

Upon exiting the black market, he was still somewhat worried whether his two consecutive large spending efforts would attract action from a certain cultivator or faction.

After all, consecutive expenses of over tens of thousands of lower-grade spirit stones were indeed quite impressive.

Not something a regular cultivator could produce.

Even an early stage Foundation Establishment cultivator might not necessarily have such financial power.

It’s just that to his surprise,

No one!

He even used the Cleaning Technique and didn’t feel anyone planting a spiritual energy mark on him.

Nonetheless, out of caution, Zhou Changwang wouldn’t relax because of this.

Quite the opposite, he remained more vigilant.

Immediately upon leaving the marketplace, he used the Invisibility Technique.

This magic, now cultivated to Small Success, made him difficult to detect by regular cultivators without employing Spirit Eye Technique or similar spells to spy in the dark night.

The Invisibility Technique, combined with the Concealing Breath Technique, along with his naturally decent speed, allowed him to escape quite smoothly.

Then, after less than half an hour, he returned safely to the Little Peak Mountain Spirit Land.

"I finally returned.

This time, it should be possible to successfully mature the Star Source Spirit Fruit Tree, right."

Zhou Changwang muttered, flipped his hand, and took out a small bag.

The bag was filled with various demon pills.

They were precisely his gains this time.

Then, without hesitation, he took out a demon pill with one hand and immediately started to use the Spirit Seizing Technique to extract the demon beast spiritual liquid.

One bottle, two bottles, three bottles...

One, two, three...

As Zhou Changwang’s Spirit Seizing Technique reached the Great Success Realm, his speed of extracting demon beast spiritual liquid from demon pills increased considerably.

Quickly reaching one hundred bottles, then two hundred bottles, three hundred bottles...

Until he extracted from the last demon pill.

And in his hand, there were two thousand one hundred bottles of demon beast spiritual liquid.

"Two thousand one hundred bottles of demon beast spiritual liquid.

I wonder if it can successfully and fully mature the Star Source Spirit Fruit Tree."

Zhou Changwang’s heart was excited and expectant.

Without hesitation, he hurried to the Spirit Fruit Tree, examining the Star Source Spirit Fruit Tree.

"Two hundred and twenty-seven years of ring time.

The trunk, also considerably robust, like a golden stone stump, extremely tough.

And the seven Spirit Fruits, each the size of a date, faintly showing a hint of a crystalline sheen..."

Zhou Changwang’s eyes flickered, using the Annual Ring Skill once more.

One cast, two casts, three casts...

Bottle after bottle of demon beast spiritual liquid was also poured in.